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The UK previously operated a modified version of the AH-64D Block I Apache Longbow; initially called the Westland WAH-64 Apache, it is designated the Apache AH1 by the British Army. Westland built 67 WAH-64 Apaches under license from Boeing, [ 187 ] following a competition between the Eurocopter Tiger and the Apache for the British Army's new ...
A-36A of the 86th Fighter Bomber Group (Dive) in Italy in 1944.. The A-36A-1-NA "Apache" (although Apache was the A-36A's official name, it was rarely used) [13] joined the 27th Fighter-Bomber Group (27th FBG) composed of four squadrons based at Ras el Ma Airfield in French Morocco in April 1943 during the campaign in North Africa. [13]
A light-toned four-color, or Vierfarbiger lozenge camouflage pattern typical of daytime operations for underside use A hexagon-based lozenge camouflage typical of night operations A Fokker D.VII shows a four-color Lozenge-Tarnung (lozenge camouflage), and its early Balkenkreuz black "core cross" on the fuselage has a white outline completely surrounding it.
Mission marks, monochrome stencil representations on the fuselage (typically adjacent to the cockpit) of individual ordinance items delivered during conflict by that specific aircraft List of air forces provides the markings used by each military organisation, with historical examples.
The AgustaWestland Apache is a licence-built version of the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter for the British Army Air Corps. The first eight helicopters were built by Boeing ; the remaining 59 were assembled by Westland Helicopters (later AgustaWestland ) at Yeovil , Somerset in England from Boeing-supplied kits.
On dark surfaces except upper surfaces July 1942 – January 1945; upper wings and fuselage sides of all Second Tactical Air Force (2 TAF) bombers and photo-reconnaissance Spitfires, January 1945 to early 1947. Upper and lower wings and fuselage sides of 2 TAF fighters (e.g.: Hawker Tempest) January 1945 to early 1947. [4] Ratio 4:8:9 (SEAC)
A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter continuously communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms (servos) which move the control surfaces based on ...
Spray-painting a historic de Havilland Dragon Rapide in the colors of Iberia (2010). An aircraft livery is a set of comprehensive insignia comprising color, graphic, and typographical identifiers which operators (airlines, governments, air forces and occasionally private and corporate owners) apply to their aircraft.